Asymmetrical memory decline in normal aging and dementia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 527-535

  Janowsky, Jeri S ^a,c   Carper, Ruth A ^a   Kaye, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Spatial memory; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0029882638     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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